The Office Gal

Just a quick tip: Large companies do it, small businesses do it, one-person teams should too. What is it? Have a weekly meeting with yourself. Why? Because even though you are a one-person team, taking time out to review and update will keep you on top of things and in check.

Yes, I do have a weekly meeting. On Friday, I pull together my calendar, notes, projects, and sit down with the phone to voice mail to concentrate on my review and follow-up.

Current Week:

• File completed projects
• Update timelines on open projects
• Layout timelines for new projects
• Update dates on my calendar
• Review any notes
• Rewrite sticky notes into my notebook

New Week:

• Begin To-Do list for new week
• Prioritize projects
• Highlight priority follow-ups
• Highlight priority e-mails
• Highlight priority calls

Yes, there will be things that might need to be updated throughout the week, but you should never miss a week without a complete sit down and review. Regardless if it is 30 minutes to two hours, it will be the best time spent of the whole week. You never know what you might have missed during the week. This is definitely the catch time!

Do you have any tips on a weekly meeting? How do you review your week? We would love to hear your tips - let us know!

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Teams and offices of all sizes can now rejoice for finally there is an easy way for you to connect with your team in real time, regardless of where everyone is located, for free! Yes, I said free! How? Well Dimdim of course. No, not dumdum - Dimdim.

Dimdim is a real time web conferencing service that allows teams spread across the country to come together in a simple-to-use meeting platform. Meeting members will be able to: share desktop information, show presentation slides, talk over the last meeting, chat about upcoming events, collaborate on projects, and broadcast meetings via webcam. View feature list.

Dimdim is extremely easy to use. Once your profile is created, you can set up meetings, or join meetings, all with a few simple clicks. There is no need to install software on to your computer and Dimdim is fully integrated with both Outlook and iCal, so your meetings can easily be placed onto your calendar - no manual calendar entry.

There are several formats of Dimdim available. The free format, allows for up to 20 members to participate within the meeting. The free version is really great for small teams to work together that may be within the same area, but all work from home offices.

Two other versions are available for larger groups at a cost. Professional, allows up to 100 members, and the big daddy, Enterprise, allows for up to 1000 members. Both of these versions are still at a fraction of the cost of other web conferencing and those other guys are still a hassle to use.

So, go take a peek at Dimdim and let yourself be open to a world of possibilities when communicating with your team.

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